How The Inauguration + Watching Jimmy Stewart in "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" Inspired Me To Be My Best Self, by Carl Kurlander open.substack.com/pub/carlkurlan… Bari Weiss This Week Stephanie Ruhle Kara Swisher Oprah Winfrey University of Pittsburgh Scott Galloway Mark Zuckerberg Jeff Bezos Elon Musk #Inauguration2025

Anyone else notice how Beth in S4E1 #YellowstoneTV borrowed this line from Gary Busey in D.C. Cab? clip.cafe/d-c-cab-1983/w… first movie I was a PA on. Otherwise, brilliantly-written series Taylor Sheridan

This #SuperBowl weekend, I've been thinking about when Quentin Tarantino Met Franco Harris at George Romero's "Land of the Dead" and why the Franco I knew was as great off the field as on Pittsburgh Steelers SteelersNationUnite , QuentinTarantinoNews by Carl Kurlander open.substack.com/pub/carlkurlan…

From Charleroi to St. Elmo's— the remarkable transformation of Demi Moore and why she deserves Oscar gold, by Carl Kurlander open.substack.com/pub/carlkurlan… Demi Moore KEVIN HUVANE Jason Weinberg

Anyone else just have the Oscars cut out on Hulu Support Hulu before the two big awards

We all say how important they are, but why isn't there an Oscar for Teachers? A Tale of Two Teachers: Why Educators Matter and Should Get Their Own Oscars, by Carl Kurlander Demi Moore UFT open.substack.com/pub/carlkurlan…

As Variety mentions, Peter Engel, the man behind the Bell gave me my first TV staff job and helped myself and so many others. Thanks, Peter for making us all feel like family. #PeterEngel #Savedbythebell Tiffani Thiessen Anthony Anderson variety.com/2025/tv/news/p…

I didn't realize until he was gone, but like Mister Rogers Before Him, ‘Saved By The Bell’s Peter Engel Found Faith & A Path Toward Morals In Kids TV: Guest Column #PeterEngel #SavedbyTheBell Fred Rogers Institute University of Pittsburgh deadline.com/2025/03/peter-… via Deadline

So The Monroeville Mall was just sold for $34 million. When it was announced, the buyer was reported as anonymous and I hoped it might be Quentin Tarantino who saw The Mall where George Romero filmed "Dawn of the Dead" as sacred ground. carlkurlander.substack.com/p/the-end-of-t… The George A. Romero Foundation

70 years later, why the story of the Salk polio vaccine matters now more than ever , by Carl Kurlander Bill Gates EndPolioNow University of Pittsburgh UNICEF HHS.gov Salk Institute CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 This Week Rotary International #Vaccines UPMC UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Robert F. Kennedy Jr open.substack.com/pub/carlkurlan…

Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opi…

So excite IN GOOD HANDS, the film I produced as part of the PITTch Story Initiative inspired by Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah [email protected] is competing for the HBO Short Film Award tomorrow at AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL University of Pittsburgh Pitt Med Magazine HBO The Pitt News NoahWylie post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2025…

A note from L.A. on reality versus what you see on TV and the California Brian Wilson made us dream about by Carl Kurlander open.substack.com/pub/carlkurlan… #LAProtests #BrianWilson

In Good Hands competing for HBO short film showcase award University of Pittsburgh Pitt Med Magazine See this Instagram video by @blackgirlnerds instagram.com/reel/DKyZMtpMo…

More on our short film IN GOOD HANDS which screened as one of 5 films selected for the HBO Short Film Showcase in Miami this past week at the AmericanBlackFilmIn youtube.com/watch?v=2LMjv8…. .

My wonderful former student screenwriter JarrodBurris is doing an 80s style comic book-- that's my era. Please support him. I just backed COLLISION FORCE #1: The action comic of your fever dreams! on @kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/rowdy…

St. Elmo’s Fire 40th Anniversary and thoughts from my unexpected reunion with Judd Nelson #stelmosfireSt. by Carl Kurlander Moore JuddNelson Rob Lowe Marci Liroff #stelmosfire #stelmosfire40 Sony Pictures open.substack.com/pub/carlkurlan…

We used to see Ozzy at William Sonoma in Beverly Hills and he seemed such a gentle soul so different than his stage persona. RIP Ozzy. variety.com/2025/music/obi…

How Marty Supreme, the World’s Greatest Ping Pong Player, who inspire Timothy Chalamet's new movie, and comedian Jackie Mason changed my life , by Carl Kurlander Marty Supreme #TimothéeChalamet #Martysupreme #pingpong open.substack.com/pub/carlkurlan…